As soon as the door opened, Peggy skillfully slipped under his arm, dashed into the room, and sniffed around.
"It smells like Medea and Sigrdrifa!" She displayed a vigilant expression.
"Are you a dog?" Aske scolded her lightly on the back of her head. "They were here just now."
Were here just now, the statement sounds like they've left, but if they haven't, it's not exactly lying—such is the clever rhetoric of a scoundrel.
"Really?" Upon seeing the room was empty and hearing Aske's words, Peggy sighed in relief and then exclaimed pitifully, "Aske!"
"Just now Nora got a critical success in the game and used Divine Descent to kill me!"
"Don't get worked up; it's just a game." With Sigrdrifa's prior example in mind, Aske quickly interrupted her, preventing Peggy from further exploiting the topic.
Peggy originally intended to complain a bit and then cuddle up to the Squad Leader for comfort, but she was immediately stuck after hearing the reply.
